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A 19th-century engraving of talaria. The Talaria of Mercury (Latin: tālāria) or The Winged Sandals of Hermes (Ancient Greek: πτηνοπέδῑλος, ptēnopédilos or πτερόεντα πέδιλα, pteróenta pédila) are winged sandals, a symbol of the Greek messenger god Hermes (Roman equivalent Mercury).
A soccus (pl. socci) or sýkkhos (Ancient Greek: σύκχος, pl. sýkkhoi), sometimes given in translation as a slipper, was a loosely fitting slip-on shoe [2] in Ancient Greece and Rome with a leather sole and separate leather, bound without the use of hobnails. The word appears to originate from the languages of ancient Anatolia.
Barefoot sandals, footwear with the appearance of sandals but lacking a sole. Birkenstock sandals, a comfortable and trendy sandal made from cork. Caligae, a heavy-soled classical Roman military shoe or sandal for marching, worn by all ranks up to and including centurion; Carbatina, open footwear worn in ancient Greece, Italy and the Middle East
Wedge boots, wedgies, or lifties are shoes and boots with a sole in the form of a wedge, such that one piece of material, normally rubber, serves as both the sole and the heel. This design dates back to ancient Greece. [1] Greek Actors used to wear these shoes to signify status.
As of 2021, footwear is the 30th most traded category internationally; [41] but, while China produces well over 60% of exported footwear, [42] it currently earns less than 36% of the value of the total trade [43] owing to the continuing importance of American, German, and other brands in the North American and European markets.
Carbatinae were seldom used even by poor Romans by the 3rd century, [11] by then having been replaced by shoes, slippers, boots, and other footwear. However, equivalent shoes continued to be worn by the ancient Germans, by the subjects of their successor states, and by the rural poor generally into the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period.
A high-heeled buskin (Greek kothornos (Greek: κόθορνος) or Latin cothurnus) was worn by Athenian tragic actors (to make them look taller). [2] Buskins therefore sometimes appear as a symbol of tragedy, often contrasted with "sock" (from Latin soccus ), the low shoe worn by comedians .
Inuit boots and shoe-making tools on display at the Bata Shoe Museum, a museum of calceology in Canada. Calceology (from Latin calcei "shoes" and -λογία, -logiā, "-logy") is the study of footwear, especially historical footwear whether as archaeology, shoe fashion history, or otherwise.